Al director del coro. Salmo de David, siervo de YHVH, el cual habló a YHVH las palabras de este cántico el día que YHVH lo libró de la mano de todos sus enemigos, y de la mano de Saúl.
1Dijo: ¡Te amo entrañablemente, oh YHVH, fortaleza mía!2¡YHVH, roca mía y castillo mío, y mi libertador! Dios mío y fortaleza mía, en quien me refugio, Mi escudo y mi cuerno de salvación, mi alta torre.3Invocaré a YHVH, quien es digno de toda alabanza, Y seré salvo de mis enemigos.4Me rodearon los lazos de la Muerte, Sentí el espanto de los torrentes de Belial.5Me rodearon las ligaduras del Seol, Las trampas de la Muerte surgieron ante mí.6En mi angustia invoqué a YHVH, clamé a mi Dios; Y Él oyó mi voz desde su templo, Y mi clamor delante de su presencia llegó a sus oídos.7La tierra fue conmovida y tembló, Se conmovieron los fundamentos de los montes, Fueron sacudidos, porque Él se indignó.8De su nariz se alzó una humareda, Un fuego voraz de su boca, Ascuas de fuego se encendían en Él.9Inclinó los cielos, y descendió, Con densas tinieblas bajo sus pies,10Cabalgó sobre un querubín y voló, Precipitándose sobre las alas del viento.11Puso oscuridad por escondedero, Con su pabellón en derredor suyo, Oscuridad de aguas, Densas nubes de los cielos.12Por el fulgor de su presencia, Atravesaron las densas nubes, Descargando granizo y ascuas de fuego.13YHVH tronó desde los cielos, ’Elyón hizo oír su voz: ¡Granizo y ascuas de fuego!14Disparó sus saetas y los dispersó, Puñados de relámpagos, y los enloqueció.15Ante tu bramido, oh YHVH, Ante el airado resoplar de tu nariz, Se hicieron visibles los abismos del mar, Y se descubrieron los cimientos del orbe.16Envió desde lo alto y me tomó, Me sacó de las muchas aguas.17Me libró de mi más poderoso enemigo, Y de los que me aborrecían, Porque eran más fuertes que yo.18Me habían acometido en el día de mi quebranto, Pero YHVH fue mi apoyo.19Me sacó a un lugar espacioso, Me rescató, se complació en mí.20YHVH me ha premiado conforme a mi justicia, Me ha retribuido según la pureza de mis manos,21Porque he guardado los caminos de YHVH, Y no me aparté impíamente de mi Dios.22Pues todos sus preceptos estuvieron delante de mí, Y no me he quitado de encima sus estatutos.23He sido para con Él irreprensible, Y me he guardado de cometer iniquidad.24YHVH ha retribuido mi rectitud, La pureza de mis manos ante sus ojos.25Con el misericordioso te mostrarás misericordioso, Y recto para con el hombre íntegro.26Puro te mostrarás con el puro, Y con el pícaro te mostrarás sagaz.27En verdad, Tú salvas al pueblo afligido, Y humillas los ojos altaneros.28En verdad, oh YHVH, Tú enciendes mi lámpara. ¡Oh Dios mío, Tú iluminas mi oscuridad!29En verdad, contigo desbarataré ejércitos, Con mi Dios asaltaré muros.30El camino de Ha-’El es perfecto, La palabra de YHVH, acrisolada. Escudo es a todos los que se refugian en Él.31Porque, ¿quién es ’Eloah aparte de YHVH? ¿Y quién es la Roca fuera de nuestro Dios?32Ha-’El es quien me ciñe de poder, Y quien hace perfecto mi camino,33Que hace mis pies como de ciervas, Y me hace estar firme en mis alturas,34Que adiestra mis manos para la batalla, De modo que mis brazos puedan entesar el arco de bronce.35Me diste también el escudo de tu salvación, Tu diestra me ha sustentado, Y tu benignidad me ha engrandecido.36Ensanchaste mis pasos debajo de mí, Y mis tobillos no flaquearon.37Perseguí a mis enemigos, y les di alcance, Y no regresé hasta que acabé con ellos.38Los golpeé, y no pudieron levantarse, Cayeron debajo de mis pies.39Me ceñiste de valor para la guerra, Doblegaste a los que me resistían.40Pusiste en fuga a mis enemigos, Y pude destruir a quienes me aborrecían.41Clamaron, pero no hubo quien los librara, Aun a YHVH, pero no les respondió.42Los desmenucé como polvo ante el viento, Los arrojé como el fango de las calles.43Me has librado de las contiendas del pueblo, Me has hecho cabeza de las naciones, Un pueblo que no conocía me sirve.44No bien oyen de mí, me obedecen, Los extranjeros se sometieron a mí.45Los extranjeros desfallecen, Y salen temblando de sus fortalezas.46¡Viva YHVH! ¡Bendita sea mi Roca! Sea enaltecido el Dios de mi salvación,47El Dios que ejecuta mi venganza, Y somete pueblos debajo de mí.48Me has librado de mis enemigos, Sí, me exaltaste sobre los que se alzaron contra mí, Y me libraste del varón violento.49Por tanto yo te confesaré entre las naciones, ¡Oh YHVH! y cantaré salmos de gloria a tu Nombre.50Él ha engrandecido las victorias de su rey, Y ha mostrado misericordia a su ungido: A David y a su descendencia para siempre.
1To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love you, O Lord, my strength. (Ex 15:1; Dt 31:30; 2 S 3:18; 2 S 7:5; Sal 36:1; Sal 89:3; Sal 89:20)2The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Gn 15:1; Sal 9:9; Sal 18:30; Sal 18:31; Sal 18:46; Sal 19:14; Sal 31:3; Sal 91:2; Sal 112:9; Sal 144:2; Lc 1:69; Heb 2:13)3I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. (Sal 48:1; Sal 96:4; Sal 113:3; Sal 145:3)4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;[1] (Sal 32:6; Sal 116:3; Sal 119:61)5the cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. (Sal 18:4)6In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. (Sal 11:4; Sal 66:14; Sal 102:2; Sal 120:1; Jon 2:2)7Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked, because he was angry. (Jue 5:4; Hch 4:31; Hch 16:26)8Smoke went up from his nostrils,[2] and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him. (Sal 21:9)9He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet. (Ex 20:21; Sal 144:5; Is 64:1)10He rode on a cherub and flew; he came swiftly on the wings of the wind. (Sal 104:3)11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water. (Job 36:29; Sal 29:3; Sal 97:2)12Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds. (Jos 10:11; Sal 148:8)13The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. (1 S 2:10; 1 S 7:10; Job 37:4; Sal 29:3; Is 30:30)14And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them. (Ex 14:24; Dt 32:23; Dt 32:42; Jos 10:10; Sal 7:13; Sal 64:7; Sal 77:17; Sal 144:6; Hab 3:11)15Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. (Ex 15:8; Job 36:30; Sal 42:1; Sal 106:9; Jl 1:20; Nah 1:4)16He sent from on high, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. (Ex 2:10; Job 22:11; Sal 32:6; Sal 144:7)17He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. (Sal 142:6)18They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support.19He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me. (2 S 15:26; Sal 18:36; Sal 22:8; Sal 31:8; Sal 118:5)20The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. (1 S 24:19; 1 S 26:23; 1 R 8:32; Job 22:30; Sal 7:8)21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. (Gn 18:19; Pr 8:32)22For all his rules[3] were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me. (Sal 119:30; Sal 119:102)23I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. (Gn 17:1; 1 R 14:8)24So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.25With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless; (Mt 5:7)26with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous. (Lv 26:23; Sal 81:12; Pr 3:34; Hch 7:42; Ro 1:28)27For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. (Ex 3:7; Sal 101:5)28For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness. (2 S 21:17; 1 R 11:36; 1 R 15:4; 2 R 8:19; Job 18:5; Sal 132:17)29For by you I can run against a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. (2 S 5:6; Is 35:6)30This God—his way is perfect;[4] the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. (Dt 32:4; Sal 12:6; Sal 17:7; Sal 18:2; Dn 4:37; Mt 5:48; Ap 15:3)31For who is God, but the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?— (Sal 18:2; Sal 86:8)32the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. (1 S 2:4; Job 22:3; Sal 101:2; Sal 101:6; Sal 119:1; Is 45:5)33He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. (Dt 32:13; Is 58:14; Hab 3:19)34He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. (Sal 144:1)35You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. (Sal 20:2; Is 63:9)36You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. (Sal 18:19; Sal 31:8; Pr 4:12)37I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and did not turn back till they were consumed.38I thrust them through, so that they were not able to rise; they fell under my feet.39For you equipped me with strength for the battle; you made those who rise against me sink under me.40You made my enemies turn their backs to me,[5] and those who hated me I destroyed. (Ex 23:27; Sal 21:12)41They cried for help, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them. (Job 27:9)42I beat them fine as dust before the wind; I cast them out like the mire of the streets. (2 R 13:7; Is 10:6; Miq 7:10; Zac 10:5)43You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me. (2 S 3:1; 2 S 8:1; 2 S 19:9; 2 S 19:43; 2 S 20:1; Sal 2:8; Sal 22:27; Is 55:5)44As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me. (Dt 33:29; Sal 66:3; Sal 81:15; Sal 144:7)45Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. (Sal 18:44; Miq 7:17)46The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation—47the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me, (Sal 47:3; Sal 144:2; Is 45:1)48who rescued me from my enemies; yes, you exalted me above those who rose against me; you delivered me from the man of violence. (Sal 59:1; Sal 140:1)49For this I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations, and sing to your name. (Sal 66:4; Ro 15:9)50Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever. (2 S 7:12; 2 S 7:29; Sal 2:2; Sal 89:29; Sal 144:10)